71 results about "Video game development" patented technology

A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of computer games that depict or represent actual, real world geographic areas as part of the play scenarios of the games. A source database contains data that represent geographic features in a region including roads in the region. The data in the source database includes attributes suitable for use for providing navigation-related functions. In addition to providing data from the source database for navigation-related functions, data from the source database are also provided for computer game development. An application programming interface, as well as other tools for handling geographic data, is provided for accessing and processing of the geographic data.

A system making use of video games and data communications external to video games is used to provide advertisements, prizes and other benefits to gamers. The prizes relate to either of real world products and services as well as content for use within the video game environment. During a video game session an advertisement is provided to the gamer. When the gamer interacts with the advertisement the video game software acts to facilitate a transaction between the gamer and the advertiser.

Presenting event-specific video content that conforms to a user selection of an event type includes processing at least one video feed through at least one spatiotemporal pattern recognition algorithm that uses machine learning to develop an understanding of at least one event within the at least one video feed to determine at least one event type, wherein the at least one event type includes an entry in a relationship library at least detailing a relationship between two visible features of the at least one video feed, extracting the video content displaying the at least one event and associating the understanding with the video content in a video content data structure. A user interface is configured to permit a user to indicate a preference for at least one event type that is used to retrieve and provide corresponding extracted video content with the data structure in a new video feed.

Producing an event related video content data structure includes processing a video feed through a spatiotemporal pattern recognition algorithm that uses machine learning to develop an understanding of an event within the video feed. Developing the understanding includes identifying context information relating to the event and identifying an entry in a relationship library at least detailing a relationship between two visible features of the video feed. Content of the video feed that displays the event is automatically extracted by a computer and associated with the context information. A video content data structure that includes the context information is produced.

A targeted in-game advertising system is provided where advertising content may be delivered to a video game network environment. Advertisements may be delivered through the tagging of advertising assets in the video game environment according to one or more characteristics including user geographical location, personal preferences, a personal profile, video game preferences or video game genre. Methodologies for tracking advertising impressions are also provided based on monitoring the video game environment to determine the quality of impression to which the user is exposed in the video game environment.

A targeted in-game advertising system is provided where advertising content may be delivered to a video game network environment. Advertisements may be delivered through the tagging of advertising assets in the video game environment according to one or more characteristics including user geographical location, personal preferences, a personal profile, video game preferences or video game genre. Methodologies for tracking advertising impressions are also provided based on monitoring the video game environment to determine the quality of impression to which the user is exposed in the video game environment.

Systems and methods for a creating a music-based video game are described as is a portable music and video device housing a memory for storing executable instructions and a processor for executing the instructions. Creating video game content using musical content supplied from a source other than the game includes analyzing musical content to identify at least one musical event extant in the musical event; determining a salient musical property associated with the at least one identified event; and creating a video game event synchronized to the at least one identified musical event and reflective of the determined salient musical property associated with the at least one identified event.

The invention discloses a system for automatically generating a three-dimensional figure of a picture for a game. The system comprises an image input and analysis module, an automatic characteristic point generation module, a characteristic point adjustment module, a skeleton system adjustment module, a covering application module, a picture block generation module, a block fusion module and an application module, wherein the image input and analysis module, the automatic characteristic point generation module, the characteristic point adjustment module and the skeleton system adjustment module are connected in turn; an output end of the skeleton system adjustment module is connected with input ends of the covering application module and the picture block generation module in parallel; the output end of the picture block generation module is connected with the input end of the block fusion module; and the input end of the application module is connected with the output ends of the covering application module and the block fusion module in parallel. The system can automatically generate a characteristic three-dimensional model head portrait which meets a front face image, and the actual picture and the block of a model are fused naturally, so that natural face animation can be performed, and the system has low cost, is simple to operate and is particularly suitable for game making, computer graphic (CG) making and three-dimensional music video (MV) making.

The invention discloses a visual programming-based VR driving game producing and experiencing system. The system comprises a visual driving scene editing unit, an operation feedback unit and a processing unit; the visual driving scene editing unit adopts an HTML language; a user finishes the production of a VR driving game scene through the visual driving scene editing unit; the user finishes data modification and experience of the driving game scene through the operation feedback unit; the visual driving scene editing unit comprises a graphic logical block library and an operation display module; the graphic logical block library stores a logical graphic block which controls dynamic elements in a virtual scene to move; a graphic block sequence which controls the dynamic elements to move and change states in the virtual scene is formed according to a certain rule by dragging the logical graphic block; the graphic logical block edits a combination area and a virtual space editing area; the user moves the graphic logical block from an interface of the graphic logical library to an interface of the visual driving scene editing unit in a dragging mode so as to combine and form the graphic block sequence.

Provided is a system and method for production of a multi-user network game that may produce and debug a multi-user network game and simply construct a multi-user network game environment using a single game production tool to thereby reduce a game production time. A system for production of a multi-user network game being performed between a game server and a plurality of game clients via a network, may include: a game production module configured to produce and debug the multi-user network game and a multi-user network execution environment; and an emulation module configured to emulate an execution of the multi-user network game by constructing a virtual network execution environment that comprises at least one server virtual machine and at least one client virtual machine configured to execute the produced or debugged multi-user network game.

Methods and systems for creating, producing, and submitting new wager game packages for approval from regulatory bodies. A game development system includes a creative environment, a production environment, and a submission environment. In the creative environment, new wager game code is developed using pre-approved game components and other components provided by the game provider / publisher. In the production environment, the game code is tested and converted to operate in multiple platforms, to meet the requirements of various jurisdictions, and the like. In the submission environment, the game code and various submission documents are bundled into a game package for submission to a regulatory body.